Re: iSociety Fireside Chat recording available?

Aaron Bartell wrote:

Heck, the end of ADTS would be a blessing if only because it removed

UPDDTA from the map...

I for one would hate to lose UPDDTA. I am on around 4 to 5 different/new
machines every week (customers machines), and one thing I can always rely on
for editing config physical files is UPDDTA. Sure it is basic and needs to
be locked down for regular users, but basic is exactly what I need in that
case.

You're right, Aaron, there probably should be UPDDTA for emergency or extreme purposes. I question the concept of regularly configuring things by manually editing physical files, but if you have to, you have to. But that's why I recommend one seat of all tools on every machine.

What I mean is that I don't want all programmers on the staff regularly using UPDDTA to do their jobs. If they are, then there is something is amiss in the process. If you're doing something every day with UPDDTA, it's probably worth the time to through together a quick screen to do it, but that's just me. My biggest problem with UPDDTA probably stems from bad experiences in the past; in the bad old days companies actually had UPDDTA as part of their production process, because that's what the programmers were used to. <shudder>

Joe, don't let "purism" get in the way of productivity. I won't disagree
that we should look at equivalent features in RDi, but that doesn't mean the
green screen options are bad. For instance, what do you use for viewing
active jobs? WRKACTJOB or iNav? I simply love WRKACTJOB, and it is just 10
keystrokes and two seconds away.

Cripes, now I'm a "purist". What is this fascination with pigeonholing me, Aaron? You remind me of an ex-girlfriend; she always dragged old issues and irrelevant comments into an argument. I just said that programmers should stop using ADTS. Never once mentioned WRKACTJOB, now did I? So why did you?

If you don't like something I say, just state your opposing view. Keep it simple. Don't put words in my mouth. Jon gets mad at me when I do that to him. <grin>

Joe